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#359 1989 Metal and Thrash Albums
“No sink or nothing, right? You’re just gonna go free ball it…”
1989 was the very first year EVER that The Recording Academy recognized hard rock and metal music with the “Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental”. And other than the completely insulting “slap in the face” by The Recording Academy to Metallica (think Will Smith & Chris Rock, but even more childish, petty, and completely unnecessary), there were no other Big Four albums or happenings in 1989.
(SIDEBAR: Y’know, maybe it’s just speculation, conspiracy theory, or just good old-fashioned karma in…
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